Of course, I know this...but the studies showing that massive B6 is helpful,
have been done in large part with kids on SAD diets, right? So would a paleo
kid NEED these supplements, that is my question.

And don't huge doses of one vitamin, send the rest of the body's balance out
of whack??

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>They are doing this as a therapeutic measure, not as a way of
>getting "enough" B vitamins -- B6 in particular -- into their
>children.  In particular, they are basing their approach on the
>research that suggests that megadoses of vitamin B can help
>autistic children.  The amounts of B6 that they are using (if
>they are, for example, following Rimland's protocol) is *far* in
>excess of what is available in any diet, paleo or otherwise.
>They are using the B6 as a *medicine*, not because they think a
>natural diet will cure autism.